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Joint Chiefs: Don't Mess With Dwell Time

Robert Naiman | Posted 11.04.2009 | World

Read More: Joint Chiefs of Staff, New York Times, Kai Eide, Wall Street Journal, Afghanistan, Us Troops Afghanistan, Fred Kagan, World News
Robert Naiman

Like every other patriotic American, I want to support our troops. If the Joint Chiefs say our troops need twelve months at home before being sent to Afghanistan, I think we better do what they say.

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Afghanistan: Presidential Double Standards and Military Power

Joseph A. Palermo | Posted 11.28.2009 | Politics

Read More: Al Qaeda, John Bolton, Pakistan, Afghan War, United Nations, Unilateralism, General David Petraeus, Operation Eagle Claw, Lebanon, China, G-20, President Lyndon Johnson, Fred Kagan, Michael O'Hanlon, Peace, Vietnam, Climate Change, Beirut Marine Bombing, Iranian Revolution, Multilateralism, President John F. Kennedy, President Barack Obama, Isi, Terrorism, President Harry Truman, Nuclear Proliferation, Obama Doctrine, Cuban Missile Crisis, Afghanistan War, President Ronald Reagan, The Institute for the Study of War, Israel and Palestine, Kimberly Kagan, Afghanistan, Politics News
Joseph A. Palermo

If any president is going to "cut and run" from an American military engagement he or she better be a Republican. This narrative runs deep in American political discourse.

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Conservatives Back Obama On Afghanistan

Politico | Ben Smith | Posted 10.20.2009 | Politics

Read More: Max Boot, Gen. Stanley McCrystal, Troops, Conservatives, Bill Kristol, President Obama, Ryan Crocker, Randy Scheunemann, Afghanistan War, Fred Kagan, Politics News

Prominent conservative foreign policy thinkers and activists who backed the Iraq war are circulating a letter to President Obama supporting his engage...

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John McCain Channels Reagan: Both the Good and the Troubling

Steve Clemons | Posted 10.05.2008 | Politics

Read More: John McCain, Dwight Eisenhower, Teddy Roosevelt, Ronald Reagan, Richard Nixon, Billl Kristol, John Kerry, Joseph Lieberman, Harry Truman, Lindsey Graham, Republican National Convention, Barack Obama, Robert Kagan, Randy Scheunemann, Fred Kagan, Politics News
Steve Clemons

Tonight, McCain gave us a big dose of Reagan's national greatness flourish in a dignified, genteel and pleasant manner. His speaking style was reminiscent of Reagan -- without the memorable lines.

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